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278382 WHITE - CITY CLERK �Y !}�382 PINK - FINANCE �� CANARY - DEPARTMENT G I T Y O F S A I N T ��U L COUIICII i� V BLUE - MAYOR File N O. . , ouncil Resolution Presented By �C. Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS, the Seniors in Community Service Program is a Title V Program funded under the Older Americans Act representing jobs for 54,200 elderly low-income citizens nation-wide, and WHEREAS, the Seniors in Community Service Program is administered locally by the St. Paul Urban League and provides job opportunities for some 44 Senior citizens in our City: - The Senior in Community Services Program has a seven dollar economic return to the community for each dollar invested - The work performed by Seniors in this program constitute a valuable community service as well as extending the productive lives of these persons - The limited income earned by these working seniors assists them in meeting their basic needs in terms of food, clothing, shelter and ever rising energy costs, and WHEREAS, the U.S. Congress voted almost unanimously to reauthorize the Title V Seniors in Community Service Program for FY 1983, and WHEREAS, the Office of Management and Budget has recently recommended the elimination of this employment program for low income older workers, and WHEREAS, the Title V Seniors in Comnunity Service Program funded under the Older Americans Act represent one of the few remaining shreds of the otherwise tattered safety net, therefore be it RESOLVED, that the St. Paul City Council is on record in support of the Title V Seniors in Community Service Program and call upon the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees for Labor, Health & Human Services to authorize continuing resolution funding of this Program through June 30, 1983. COUNC[LMEN Yeas Nays Requestgd by Department of: Hunt Levine In Favor Maddox • � _ __ Againsf BY -- -iedes�o Wilson Adopted by Council: Date +�� 9 1982 Form Approved by City Attorney CertifiE:d -s by Co nc' ,ec ry BY By � Ap�r b ayor. D R i �.� Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council BY - - - BY L UBUSHED MAk � 0 1982